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Ah, college in Baton Rouge. Warm nights, cool jazz, unfiltered Camels, and cold martinis.

These photos were taken by Michael Dominici at a two parties on State Street, not far from LSU’s campus. This was late 1988, I believe. You’ll see such notable luminaries as Chris Robertson, John Arrizza, Rob Cambre, Greg Fuchs, Brett Evans, Valerie Massimi, and yours truly.

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Camille is quite the songbird and poet. Notice how she wrote her name (with an extra “o”) on her custom guitar.

Here she shows off her singer/songwriter skills. “That’s good. Don’t worry about the cat!” will be the meme of the year, mark my words.

Here’s a field recording I made with my iPhone. It’s a native Mexican group doing a Day of the Dead song and dance. The lonesome train whistle in the background gives it a nice eerie quality.

Day of the Dead audio in San Antonio